Golf Digest takes a shot at impeaching Trump -- might have a $32 million Emoluments Clause violation

[JosephDredd]

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/tr...ed-by-chinese-government-to-build-golf-course
https://www.golfdigest.com/story/tr...ed-by-chinese-government-to-build-golf-course

Although President Donald Trump promised that his family company would not participate or pursue business with foreign government agencies or entities while he's in office, a major construction firm owned by the Chinese government was hired to work on the latest Trump golf club in Dubai, according to McClatchy DC.

DAMAC Properties, a partner of the Trump Organization at Trump World Golf Club Dubai, awarded the Middle East subsidiary of China State Construction Engineering Corporation a $32 million contract. The company, one of the largest in the world, was blacklisted by the World Bank for fraud and corruption.

Press releases from the companies state the agreement was made in early 2017, around Trump's inauguration. If the deal was made after his victory, it could potentially violate the Emoluments Clause, a Constitutional anti-bribery provision dictating federal officials may not receive gifts from foreign governments. Breaking the clause is considered an impeachable offense.

Spoiler

Just kidding. Here's the article from real journalists: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article172443417.html

The Golf Digest article is much shorter and perfect for stupid people.

The company, which has had a presence in the United States since the mid-1980s, was one of several accused by the World Bank of corruption for its role in the bidding process for a roads project in the Philippines and banned in 2009 from World Bank-financed contracts for several years.


Meredith McGehee, chief of policy, programs and strategy at Issue One, which works to reduce the role of money in politics, said doing business with a foreign entity poses several potential problems for a president, including accusations that a foreign government is enriching him, gaining access to or building goodwill with him and becoming a factor in foreign policy.

The Trump Organization agreed to not engage in any new foreign deals or new transactions with a foreign entity — country, agency or official — other than “normal and customary arrangements” made before his election.

But Trump ignored calls to fully separate from his business interests when he became president. Instead, he placed his holdings in a trust designed to hold assets for his “exclusive benefit,” which he can receive at any time. He retains the authority to revoke the trust.

McGehee said Trump clearly knew foreign arrangements could be problematic because he outlined a list of restrictions, although vague ones, for his company to follow while he served as president. But more importantly, she said, the writers of the U.S. Constitution knew they could be too.

The Emoluments Clause in the U.S. Constitution says officials may not accept gifts, titles of nobility or emoluments from foreign governments with respect to their office, and that no benefit should be derived by holding office.

“This is not just a concern of good government organizations,” she said. “It was a fundamental concern of the founding fathers.”

I suspect the golf world has been irreparably harmed by its association with Idiot McPantyline and is taking steps to repair its image. I fully expect Tennis Digest to join the Mueller investigation any day now.

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

A sack of Moscowburgers and a box of Titelists, to gooooo

 

[ShoelessRye]

This is why China laughs at the "Cut all trade with China" tough talk. Trump/Family is cashing in hand over fist with China.

Suckers!

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

This is why China laughs at the "Cut all trade with China" tough talk. Trump/Family is cashing in hand over fist with China.

Suckers!

He was making a deal for a trump tower in Moscow while he was telling the country he didn't know Russians and had no deals there.
I don't think he expected to win.

 

[Jim Bob]

So Trump didn't make any deals with a foreign government, but the partner of his company did.

BREAKING FRONT PAGE NEWS, WE'VE GOT HIM THIS TIME, FELLOW LIBERALS!!! Surely this will be the reason he gets impeached, unlike those other 372 times we were wrong about it.

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

So Trump didn't make any deals with a foreign government, but the partner of his company did.

BREAKING FRONT PAGE NEWS, WE'VE GOT HIM THIS TIME, FELLOW LIBERALS!!! Surely this will be the reason he gets impeached, unlike those other 372 times we were wrong about it.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cn...-any-links-to-russia-no-loans-no-nothing.html

Gosh, he sure does lie an awful lot.

 

[HereticBD]

Y'all thought it was going to be The Washington Post, or The New York Times to get the scoop that finally got that dastardly Trump impeached, didn't ya? Nope. Golf Digest.